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Blustein, David L.; Burton, Yvonne – College Student Journal, 1979
Successful disadvantaged college students were used as peer tutor-counselors in a program designed to meet the needs of incoming disadvantaged freshmen. Retention rates were compared to a group of disadvantaged students without peer tutor-counselors. The higher rate of retention by the group utilizing tutor-counselors is discussed along with…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Higher Education, Intervention